The Weekly Negro world., 1887-10-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9Th, 1887:

timely notice that he looked upon
public Office as public trust, and T
pledged himself to conduct his adj
ministration on business methods.
Did he mean that in two and a half
wears he would be flying through
the land in q Palace train, seeking
the homage of the people, and Great
ing enthusiasm for 4 reelection?
Or did he mean conducting the
finances of the country in states
manlike and business manner? He
came into power March 4th, 1885.
There was then in the Treasury
$87s, l66,353. On the first. OF this
mouth, according to the books Of
the Treasury. there is 5000, 1922
showing in thirty-one months OF
Democratic rule an increase OF the
surplus, or contraction of the busi-
ness medium of the country. to the
amount of 1921, ,O05, 1856! Those are
Treasury figures, not mine, and the
fhct itself is sufficient comment to-
Show the business capacity of this
administration and why our finan-
ces are in such a precarious condi-
ton. The question is simply this:
Is it "business" to burden the people
with taxation and then lock up the
money?
Many Of the States represented
here have their club organizations,
composed principally OF office hold
ers. Notably among them is the
State of Illinois. Oberly, of the
Civil Service Commission, was re-
Gently invited to address that organ
ization,s and in his letter declining
intinated that it was In violation of
|,eivilservice rules for officials to take
part In active campaign work, the
j object Of such Organizations being
to raise funds and contribute time
land money for purely party pur-
poses. The Virginia Clnb, which is
very tame and insipid unlsss there
| is chance for some sort of blustef,
4 caught up the issue and opened a
quarrel with Oberly through the
local press. Oberly got the better
/ of tben, s- that field Last Satsr
day night the ~
after q let of whereas, actraliy
thrust some very pointed resoip-
I'tions square at the aforesaid Oh2rl
Such d challenge, of course, woe'ti
llet out something, and hence an
other breezy article from Oberly,
/ wherein he wants to know if Demo-
Gratis can do such things, why not
the Republicans? And if both,
where is Civil Service? There is
sense in Oberly's; inquiry, and the
Club fellows are considerably STIR
red up and badly mixed. -
1t is vel understood here that
Gen. Slocum's defeat as Commits
sioner in Chief of the g. A. r., at the
4 recent encampment at st. Louis, is
/ attributable 10 Gen. Resecrans, Reg
lister of the, Treasury, and Gen
i1BIack, Commissioner Of Pensions
!, lwho pressed Slocum as the "admin.
istration candidate" Comment is
, lentirely unnecessary.
Iwastold to-day at the Treasury
!, department, that there is an upusu,
: al amount Of spurious coin in eireu.
lation. The glass filed oounterfeits
: the ring of which closely stimulates
9 the genuine, are particularly dan
gerous.
The New York Suns expose @
: Mr.. Clevelandas speeches at Ferr'
y Haute and Indianapolis, where i
/. shows that he stole word for wore
q from the American Cyclopedia
e causes even the brazen-faced w ash
i lington Democrats to blush. l
r shows that his speeches for thi
: occasion of Swinging round" iwer,
Y all prepared beforehand, and tha
: all the material of interest wa
5 stolen bodily from a book, even t
I punctuation. Such plagiarism !
y inexcusable In a school l-boy-hov
} humiliating when indulged in b,
! the President Of q great Nation!
= During the Presidents absenc
u the White House Is to be thorough
/. Iy renovated. New carpets are y
r be put down, and every thing mad
ls in readiness for . grand social sea
T son when the scouting party shal
? return. That q an important par
of the programme, and will coz
s the Government about tWent
Is thousa nd dollars extra. But Whs
of that? Isn't Grover and France
Cleveland President? And ism
: Frances, after all, the real center
io attraction? And why not cater